Daniel Handler | American author | Britannica.com American author Nathaniel Hawthorne Daniel Handler, pen name Lemony Snicket (born February 28, 1970, San Francisco, California , U.S.), American author best known for his A Series of Unfortunate Events, a collection of unhappy morality tales for older children that featured alliterative titles such as The Reptile Room (1999), The Austere Academy (2000), and The Miserable Mill (2000). Handler wrote the series under the pen name Lemony Snicket. After earning a B.A. in 1992 from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, Handler wrote a novel , which he discarded upon finishing. He returned to his hometown, worked as an administrative assistant and a writer for a radio program, and, in the meantime, wrote another novel before moving to New York City , where he began reviewing movies and reading manuscripts for a literary agent.

His novel was rejected so many times that he began hosting a reading series called “Great Writers Who Can’t Get Published.” Shortly thereafter, he appeared on the literary scene with The Basic Eight (1999), a critically acclaimed novel about a high-school student bludgeoned with a croquet mallet wielded by a classmate. Watch Your Mouth (2000), written in the form of an opera, was a satiric work centred on the theme of incest . Remembering his youth, Handler railed against the number of novels for young people that were devoted to sports or fantasy themes. When urged to turn his hand to creating the kind of books that he would have enjoyed, Handler resurrected Lemony Snicket—a name he had invented when requesting materials from a right-wing organization for a book project—as the doleful narrator and author of the series. The first volume, The Bad Beginning (1999), related the travails of three orphaned siblings; it also acquainted readers with Handler’s fondness for naming some characters after past literary luminaries—in this case, Klaus, Sunny, and Violet Baudelaire.

The Bad Beginning and subsequent volumes established an aura of mystery around Snicket by depicting him as a shadowy figure on the back of hardcover editions—his image appearing out of focus or away from the camera. Handler deftly served as Snicket’s representative at book events, regaling his listeners with the travails of Snicket as well as entertaining them with accordion music and dire tales about danger lurking in the most unlikely places. A favourite story recounted how a bug had bitten Snicket in his armpit and prevented him from appearing. Handler also warned readers not to read or purchase the Snicket books because they featured unhappy beginnings, middles, and endings. Notwithstanding these appeals, his fans waited with eager anticipation for each new offering in the 13-book series, which also included The Ersatz Elevator (2001), The Slippery Slope (2003), The Penultimate Peril (2005), and The End (2006). Handler chronicled the youthful adventures of Snicket himself in the All the Wrong Questions series, which included Who Could That Be at This Hour? (2012) and Shouldn’t You Be in School? (2014).

Britannica Stories EU Considers Rules For Robots Like A Series of Unfortunate Events, Handler’s books for adults also incorporated black humour and unreliable narrators. In addition to Watch Your Mouth, they include Adverbs (2006), a collection of love stories set in a futuristic San Francisco , and We Are Pirates (2015), about a contemporary teenager who develops an interest in piracy . He also wrote Why We Broke Up (2011), a young-adult novel about first love, and the children’s picture book The Dark (2013). In addition to his novels, Handler also saw success in film. He wrote screenplays for Rick (2003), which was based on the Giuseppe Verdi opera Rigoletto , and Kill the Poor (2003), an adaptation of the novel by Joel Rose. Handler also contributed to the screenplay for Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004). Daniel Handler | Children's Books Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [ show ] Description Daniel Handler is an author, best known for the 13-book series A Series of Unfortunate Events , published under the pseudonym of Lemony Snicket.

Handler began writing A Series of Unfortunate Events under the Snicket pseudonym in 1999. The books concern three orphaned children who have progressively more terrible things happen to them, and Snicket acts as the narrator and biographer of the fictional orphans. Reader's Reviews 1 Very good author. Not as good as some of the other authors I have met. I didn't know that Daniel Handler is such a gr8 author. His books were made in2 feature films. His stage name/pen name is Lemony Snicket. On Arthur,it was parodied as Persimmony Glitchet. Parental Guidance Reading age: 10+ Read aloud age: 9+ There is a nasty man called Count Olaf in all of the books in A Series of Unfortunate Events . Lemony (Daniel Handler) Snicket Biography - life, family, children, parents, name, story, school, young, son Lemony (Daniel Handler) Snicket Biography Lemony (Daniel Handler) Snicket Biography 1970 • San Francisco, California Snicket, Lemony (Daniel Handler). AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission Many writers publish their work under a pseudonym, or alternate name.

But Daniel Handler, a.k.a. Lemony Snicket, may be the only writer to have three identities. As Catherine Mallette of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram explained, Handler is "an author who is simultaneously a fictional character named Snicket, a representative of a fictional character named Snicket, and a best-selling writer." Under his given name, Daniel Handler, he has published two novels for adults, The Basic Eight and Watch Your Mouth . In addition, he has published eleven of the planned thirteen books in a series for children called A Series of Unfortunate Events under the name Lemony Snicket. Snicket, however, continually misses his public appearances, due to some unforeseen disaster, and Handler must step in and inform the masses of children who have come to see Snicket that they will have to settle for Snicket's representative—Handler. Preferred dark fiction as a youth Daniel Handler was born in 1970 in San Francisco, California, the son of an accountant and a college dean. An avid reader, he hated books that were overly happy. "If a book had a syrupy ending, he'd toss it aside," Handler's father, Louis, recalled to James Sullivan of Book .

"It drove him crazy." Instead, Handler preferred darker works by such writers as Roald Dahl (1916–1990) or Edward Gorey (1925–2000). He attended Lowell High School, a prestigious San Francisco school, graduating in 1988. For college, he selected Wesleyan University. He began writing poetry and won the 1990 Poets Prize from the Academy of American Poets. But he soon turned toward the longer form of fiction. After graduating from Wesleyan he won an Olin Fellowship, the funding from which allowed him to write his first novel. Handler spent the mid-1990s working on his novel, and also wrote comedy sketches for a national radio show. He then moved to New York City, where he worked as a freelance book and movie critic. The Basic Eight was published in 1999. The book takes the form of a diary, written by the character Flannery Culp while she is in prison for the murder of a teacher and fellow high school student. In her journal, she recalls the events of her senior year at Roewer High School that led to the murders. Reviews for Handler's debut novel were mixed.

Publishers Weekly noted that the author's "confident satire is not only cheeky but packed with downright lovable characters whose youthful misadventures keep the novel neatly balanced between absurdity and poignancy." The New Yorker, however, noted that "the book is weakened by his [Handler's] attempt to turn a clever idea into social satire." "What I think has rankled some people about the books is that they show that if you're good, you're not necessarily rewarded." Handler's next novel, Watch Your Mouth, (2000) was the tale of Joseph, a college junior who lets his studies slide after falling in love. After finishing one class with a grade of incomplete (given when a student does not complete all the requirements of a class), his girlfriend, Cynthia, whom he calls Cyn, invites him to spend the summer with her family in Pittsburgh. Joseph is delighted at the chance to spend this summer with Cyn. But after he meets her family, a dark suspicion builds in his mind—that Cyn's family is involved in incest. Handler's second effort again received mixed reviews. Some critics praised the quirky quality of the book, while others found the story too twisted for their taste.

Lemony Snicket is born According to the Lemony Snicket Web site, "Lemony Snicket was born before you were, and is likely to die before you as well." Snicket's birth date may be unclear, but he was first conceived as Handler's first novel was being published. Since the novel was set in a high school, it was sometimes mistakenly sent to editors of children's books. Editor Susan Rich saw real potential for Handler as a children's author and approached him about trying to write for a younger audience. At first Handler was resistant, but he then pitched an idea for the kind of story that he would have enjoyed as a kid: a dark tale about three orphans who have lost their parents in a fire and are sent to live with a distant cousin, Count Olaf, who wants nothing more than to steal the children's inheritance. Handler never expected his idea to receive the publisher's support, but Rich loved it and soon Handler was at work on the first of A Series of Unfortunate Events. A Series of Unfortunate Events : The Series Below are the first eleven books of the planned thirteen in the series. The Bad Beginning, 1999. The Slippery Slope, 2003.

The Grim Grotto, 2004. The story of the three Baudelaire children—Violet, Klaus, and Sunny—is told by Lemony Snicket, a name Handler first invented in order to keep himself off of unwanted mailing lists. The biography of Snicket on the Lemony Snicket Web site notes that he was born in a country that is now underwater and has been researching the lives of the Baudelaire orphans for "several eras." Snicket is described on the Web site as "eternally pursued and insatiably inquisitive, a hermit and a nomad." Readers who wish to learn more about the life of Lemony Snicket can turn to Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography. Published in 2002, the autobiography features thirteen chapters of notes, songs, letters, photos, newspaper clippings, and other documents. The book additionally includes more information about the characters in A Series of Unfortunate Events. The book also suggests that there is a connection between the Snicket family and the Baudelaires. Handler, as Snicket's representative, wrote the preface to the book.

A Series of Unfortunate Events starts with The Bad Beginning, published in 1999. On the first page, Snicket lets his readers know what kind of story they are in for: "If you are interested in stories with happy endings," he writes, "you would be better off with another book. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning, and very few happy things in the middle." Regardless of the lack of "happy" material, The Bad Beginning and each subsequent installment of the series was embraced by readers of all ages. Handler was dumb-founded by the huge success of the Snicket books. "I thought [Susan Rich and I] were two crazy people," he told Mallette. "Then I thought the publishing house was a bunch of crazy people. Now, it seems everyone's crazy. The books just failed to fail." Indeed, by 2003 the books had sold more than thirteen million copies, had been translated into thirty-seven languages, and had been sold in over forty countries. Success comes as a surprise Part of the success of the books is due to the fact that Snicket does not talk down to his young readers.

He uses big words, and humorously inserts vocabulary lessons. Some readers, however, have objected to Snicket's books. These critics consider them too dark for children and disapprove of the fact that every adult the children meet is, according to Mallette, "completely clueless and incompetent." The books have even been banned in Decatur, Georgia. But Handler argues that the message of the Snicket books is true to life: good behavior is not automatically rewarded, but you should always try to do the right thing anyway. The Baudelaire children must rely on their wits to escape each disaster, rather than expecting that good things will come their way simply because they are good. A movie based on the first three books in the series was set for release in December of 2004. The film stars Jim Carrey (1962–) as the evil Count Olaf and features Meryl Streep (1949–) as Aunt Josephine. Jude Law (1972–) narrates the film in the role of Snicket.

Fans of the books eagerly awaited the film, but the Lemony Snicket Web site warned, "Unless you have a taste for dark rooms, sticky floors, stale popcorn, and unhappy endings, steer clear of the movie." Lemony Snicket's Inspiration: Edward Gorey The first book that Daniel Handler bought with his own money was The Blue Aspic by Edward Gorey. Born in Chicago in 1925, Gorey was a writer and illustrator who published more than one hundred books. Like Handler's books, Gorey's work appeals to a wide age group. His children's books create a dark world where children are not safe from unhappy events. Alison Lurie, writing in New York Times Review of Books, noted that children in Gorey's books "fall victim to natural disasters, are carried off by giant birds, or are eaten by comic monsters.... Yet somehow the overall effect is not tragic but comic." After graduating from high school, Gorey served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946. He attended Harvard University, earning a degree in French. Gorey then went to work for the publishing company Doubleday in 1953, serving as illustrator for several books.

His first book, The Unstrung Harp, was also published that year. He later left Doubleday, forming his own independent press. His first children's book was The Doubtful Guest (1957), in which a family finds themselves housing a most unusual guest—a creature that looks like a cross between a penguin and an anteater and wears high-top sneakers and a flowing scarf. One of his most notorious children's books, The Gashlycrumb Tinies, was published in 1962. This alphabet book chronicles the deaths of twenty-six children, all in rhyming order: "A is for AMY who fell down the stairs / B is for BASIL assaulted by bears." Although many of his books were intended for children as well as adults, they were not all published as children's books. To this day, critics argue if Gorey's work can be considered children's literature, given the dark subject matter and "unfortunate events" that happen to children in these stories. It is this very belief that children need to be protected from unhappy events that the Lemony Snicket books reject.

In addition to writing and illustrating, Gorey also designed sets for theatrical productions, beginning with a 1977 version of Dracula for which he received a Tony Award. Gorey, who never married, died of a heart attack in April of 2000. Daniel Handler is married to Lisa Brown, a graphic artist. The couple has one child. Lemony Snicket dedicates each book to a woman named Beatrice. The details of Beatrice's relationship to Snicket remain a mystery. When asked about Beatrice's identity he responded on the Lemony Snicket Web site, "This answer is so terrible that I cannot even begin to say it without weeping. O Beatrice! My Beatrice!" For More Information "Edward Gorey." Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Volume 40. Gale Group, 2001. "Lemony Snicket." Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2004. Periodicals Fierman, Daniel. "Lemony Snicket." Entertainment Weekly (April 23, 2004): p. 58. Lurie, Alison.

"On Edward Gorey (1925–2000)." New York Times Review of Books (May 25, 2000): p. 20. Mallette, Catherine. "Tracking Lemony Snicket. The True Story (Well, Mostly) of the Mysterious, Fugitive, Best-Selling Author of A Series of Unfortunate Events." Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) (September 24, 2003). "Review of The Basic Eight. " Publishers Weekly (March 1, 1999): p. 59. "Review of The Basic Eight. " New Yorker (June 21, 1999). Scott, Laura. "Review of Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiograhy. " School Library Journal (July 2002): p. 124. Sullivan, James. "He's Having a Baby: This Halloween, After Four Years of Torturing Children, Superstar Author Lemony Snicket is Getting Exactly What He Deserves." Book (November–December 2003).

Web Sites Daniel Handler | Lemony Snicket Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [ show ] Personal life Handler was born in San Francisco, California , the son of Sandra Handler Day (née Walpole), an opera singer and retired City College of San Francisco Dean, and Lou Handler, an accountant. [1] His father was a Jewish refugee from Germany, and his mother is distantly related to British writer Hugh Walpole . [2] [3] Handler has a younger sister, Rebecca Handler. Growing up, Snicket hated books that were overly sappy, preferring writers such as Roald Dahl and Edward Gorey. He attended Commodore Sloat Elementary, Herbert Hoover Middle School and Lowell High School , where he graduated with the Valedictorian title. Handler attended Wesleyan University , where he began writing poetry. In 1990, Handler won the Poets Prize from the Academy of American Poets, then graduated from Wesleyan in 1992. Soon after, he won an Owin Fellowship and used the prize money to fund his first novel, The Basic Eight . [4] He is an alumnus of the San Francisco Boys Chorus .

After college, Handler moved to New York to work as a freelance book and movie critic. Handler is married to Lisa Brown , a graphic designer whom he met in college. They have a son, Otto, born in 2003, now 12-13 and live in an old Victorian house in San Francisco. Handler is politically active and helped form LitPAC . He has revealed ambivalence toward his wealth, and the expectations it creates, stating that he is often asked for money for charitable causes, and often gives in. [5] In an interview conducted by the 667 Dark Avenue fan site, Daniel Handler gave his personal philosophy as "Never refuse a breath mint". [6] Although Handler has a partially Jewish background and considers C. S. Lewis to be an influence, he describes himself as a secular humanist. [7] In addition, he says, "I'm not a believer in predetermined fates, being rewarded for one's efforts. I'm not a believer in karma. The reason why I try to be a good person is because I think it's the right thing to do.

If I commit fewer bad acts there will be fewer bad acts, maybe other people will join in committing fewer bad acts, and in time there will be fewer and fewer of them." [8] Professional work Books Three of his novels have been published under his name. His first, The Basic Eight , was rejected 37 times before published for its subject matter and tone (a dark view of a teenage girl's life). Handler claims that the novel was rejected thirty-seven times before finally being published. The book's tone served as an impetus of sorts for the Lemony Snicket works, A Series of Unfortunate Events .One of his Series of Unfortunate Events books is The Bad Beginning. Watch Your Mouth , his second novel, was actually completed before The Basic Eight was published. It follows a more operatic theme, complete with stage directions and various acts. Described by HarperCollins , the book's reprint publisher, as an "incest opera," it mixes Jewish mythology with modern sexuality.

The second half of Watch Your Mouth replaces the opera troupe with the form of a 12-step recovery, linguistically undergone by the protagonist.Though more of a adults book,the script is good Adverbs , a series of short stories that he says are "about love," was published in April 2006. His most recent effort under his own name is Why We Broke Up , published in 2011. Handler has stated that he is working on an adult novel about pirates–or, more specifically, a modern-age pirate who "wants to be an old-fashioned kind of pirate." [9] Lemony Snicket Handler began writing A Series of Unfortunate Events under the Snicket pseudonym in 1999. The books concern three orphaned children who experience progressively terrible events following the alleged death of their parents and burning of their home, and Snicket acts as the narrator and biographer of the fictional orphans.The three orphans were taken into care by a distant reletive by the name of Count Olaf. He treated the orphans horribly.

He has also narrated the audiobooks for three consecutive books in the series, before deciding to quit because he found it too difficult, handing back the narrating job to the original narrator, Tim Curry. Handler has also appeared at author appearances as "Lemony Snicket's handler," as well as appearing as Snicket himself in various other books and media, including the commentary track for the film version of his books, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events . He also wrote an introduction to Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography under his own name. Handler has also written some short fiction and picture books under the Lemony Snicket pseudonym. List of Works Editor or Contributor: Introduction to Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock (2004) Preface to The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville (2007) Music Handler was in two bands following college, The Edith Head Trio and Tzamboni , but it wasn't until 69 Love Songs, a three-album set by The Magnetic Fields for which he played accordion, that his music attracted attention.

In the box set of the project, Handler provides a lengthy interview with Stephin Merritt about the project, as well as conversations about each song. Handler also appears in the 2009 documentary Strange Powers , by Kathy Fix and Gail O'Hara , about Merritt and his band, the Magnetic Fields. He has gone on to play accordion in several other Merritt projects, including music by The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths and The Gothic Archies , the last of which provided songs for the audiobook versions of the A Series of Unfortunate Events. On October 10, 2006, The Tragic Treasury was released with all thirteen songs from the thirteen audiobooks in A Series of Unfortunate Events, along with two bonus songs. In the audio commentary to Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Handler plays a song about how depressing it is to have leeches in a film. Daniel Handler wrote the lyrics to the song "Radio," performed by One Ring Zero , and the lyrics to "The Gibbons Girl," performed by Chris Ewen .

List of Works The Tragic Treasury by The Gothic Archies (2006) Distortion by The Magnetic Fields (2008) Realism by The Magnetic Fields (2010) "Barricade" by Stars Film Handler has also had some success in film work. He produced the screenplay for Rick, which was based on the Verdi opera Rigoletto , as well as Kill the Poor, which was based on the novel by Joel Rose . Handler was involved in the screenwriting process for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events , but was ultimately removed from the project. He had completed eight separate drafts of the film before giving up following a change in those who were producing the film. Robert Gordon was hired to replace Handler and eventually received credit for the film's screenplay, under Handler's request. Handler did submit a commentary track for the DVD version of the movie, alongside director Brad Silberling . In character as Lemony Snicket, he derides the Lemony Snicket in the film–played by Jude Law –as an impostor, as well as choosing to play accordion and sing about leeches rather than pay attention to the film.

At numerous times during the track he shows great sympathy towards the Baudelaire children, and implies that he is being held captive by the director in order to do the commentary. List of Works Lemony Snicket - 必应 Sign in Lemony Snicket Lemony Snicket is the pen name of American novelist Daniel Handler (born February 28, 1971). Snicket is the author of many children's biographies, serving as the narrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events (his best-known work) and appearing as a character within it and All the Wrong Questions. Because of this, the name "Lemony Snicket" may refer to either the fictional character or the real person. As a character, Snicket is a harried, troubled writer and photographer falsely accused of felonies, and is continuously hunted by the police and his enemies, the fire-starting side of the secret organization Volunteer Fire ... (展开) Department (V.F.D.).

As a child, he was kidnapped and inducted as a "neophyte" into V.F.D., where he was trained in rhetoric and sent on seemingly pointless missions, while all connections were severed from his former life, apart from his siblings Jacques and Kit (who were also kidnapped and inducted). In the organization, he met and fell in love with a peer named Beatrice, whom he eventually decided to marry. He was falsely accused of murder and arson after a series of unfortunate events (after which the real-world series is in some ways named). Eventually, the fallacies grew so much that The Daily Punctilio reported his death. Beatrice eventually moved on and married Bertrand Baudelaire, becoming the mother of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, the protagonists of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Fourteen years thereafter, Beatrice and Bertrand were murdered in a house fire, leaving the Baudelaires orphans. Snicket feels indebted to his former fiancée and embarks on a quest to chronicle the lives of the Baudelaire children until they become old enough to face the troubles of the world on their own.

Snicket is the subject of a fictional autobiography entitled Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography which contains an introduction from a fictionalized version of Daniel Handler. A pamphlet called 13 Shocking Secrets You'll Wish You Never Knew About Lemony Snicket was released in promotion of The End. Other works by Snicket include The Baby in the Manger, The Composer Is Dead, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid, The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming, The Lump of Coal, All the Wrong Questions and 13 Words. 如果好的话 我追加分数 答 s a definite gap in the market for some good;s for sure: A series of books (eleven currently in print and thirteen in total - this film condenses the first three) tells of the adventures of ... Lemony Snicket Name origin The name Lemony Snicket originally came from research from Handler's first book The Basic Eight. Handler wanted to receive material from organizations that he found "offensive or funny" but did not want to use his real name, so he invented "Lemony Snicket" as a pseudonym.

The name's similarity to Jiminy Cricket was "likely a Freudian slip." Handler described Jiminy Cricket as "exactly the kind of overly moralistic, cheerful narrator who I despise." When writing A Series of Unfortunate Events, he and his editor thought that the books should be published under the narrator's name, rather than his. Lemony Snicket Narrator and character Lemony Snicket came from a family of three children. His brother Jacques Snicket and sister Kit Snicket were also V.F.D. members and friends of the Baudelaire parents. Both Jacques and Kit appear as supporting characters in the Series of Unfortunate Events books. He also knew Count Olaf in his early life, as the two attended school together. In his youth, Lemony Snicket attended a V.F.D.-run boarding school with several other characters from the series. He received later tuition at a V.F.D. headquarters in the Mortmain Mountains, and was employed by a newspaper called The Daily Punctilio after graduating. He was an obituary spell-checker and theater critic. Lemony Snicket conducted an ill-fated romance with the actress Beatrice Baudelaire.

Lemony and Beatrice were at one point engaged to be married, but Beatrice broke off the engagement for unclear reasons, and returned her ring to Lemony at some point later, along with a two-hundred page book explaining why the two could not be wed. It is revealed that Lemony Snicket was believed to be dead by the Baudelaire parents, as The End states that, following with the tradition of naming children after someone who has died, Violet was to be named Lemony if she was a boy. Beatrice most probably discovered the truth sometime after marrying Bertrand Baudelaire, as she would presumably have no reason to send the ring and book to Lemony if she consistently believed his death. As Beatrice was the Baudelaires' mother, she died in the fire that destroyed the Baudelaire mansion. She is not to be confused with another Beatrice Baudelaire, the daughter of Kit Snicket, and adopted sister of the Baudelaire orphans. Snicket frequently alludes to Beatrice in his narration and dedicates each Series of Unfortunate Events book to her.

Snicket is also known to have been close "friends" with a woman with the first initial "R.", who was the Duchess of Winnipeg. Lemony Snicket has charged himself with the task of researching and writing the sad story of the Baudelaire orphans for "many personal and legal reasons". He traces their movements and collects evidence relating to their adventures, but it is possible that he never met Violet, Klaus or Sunny in person. Many fans often identify him, though, as a taxi driver who appeared briefly in The Penultimate Peril, The Reptile Room and The Wide Window. This man is heavily implied to be in the possession of the sugar bowl, a key plot element of the series, after recovering it from the pond within which it had been hidden. As the series progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that Snicket knew the late Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire well for many years through their connections to V.F.D.. However, as mentioned in The Hostile Hospital and The End, despite all of Lemony's research and hard work, he still does not know the current location, position or status of the Baudelaire children. Lemony was recruited by V.F.D.

as a child, according to the Little Snicket Lad song. In The Beatrice Letters, his niece, the daughter of Kit Snicket, who is also named Beatrice Baudelaire, mentions that she believes he is a detective of some sort, a reference to his investigations into the case of the Baudelaire children. Snicket is frequently disparaging of himself; he has described himself as a coward, and at various points in his novels comments that he would not have been as brave as the Baudelaire children had he been in their situation. He also confesses that he has done things that were not noble, most notably the original theft of the sugar bowl from Esmé Squalor. He has also implied that he had a part in the murder of Count Olaf's parents, Olaf being the main antagonist of the series, and that Beatrice was involved as well. In the narration of the books, Snicket describes doing many unusual things in his free time, including hiding all traces of his actions, locating new hiding places, considering suspicious dishes and researching the perilous lives of the Baudelaire children.

He claims to often write himself citations for bravery in an attempt to cheer himself up, but these attempts are always in vain. Main article: Lemony Snicket bibliography All the Wrong Questions series: Who Could That Be at This Hour? (2012) When Did You See Her Last? (2013) Shouldn't You Be In School? (2014) Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? (2015) Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid - a book of humorous quotes partly drawn from A Series of Unfortunate Events Short stories: "The Baby in the Manger" - a secular Nativity story "The Lump of Coal" (2004) - a Christmas story "The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming" - a Christmas story (2007) Handler has also written or contributed to other works under the Lemony Snicket persona that are not related to A Series of Unfortunate Events. He has stated "there's a chance some other matters may take up Mr. Snicket's attention, that he may research and publish, but I'm always wary of making such promises".

As Snicket, Handler wrote an introduction and endnotes for The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily, his favorite children's book, that referenced A Series of Unfortunate Events. Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren't as Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel About Lost Lands, Stray Cellphones, Creatures from the Sky, Parents Who Disappear in Peru, a Man Named Lars Farf, and One Other Story We Couldn't Quite Finish, So Maybe You Could Help Us Out, a 2005 McSweeney's short story compilation, has an introduction and unfinished short story attributed to Lemony Snicket. Snicket also wrote The Composer Is Dead, a murder mystery designed to introduce young readers to the instruments of the orchestra; it was previously produced as an orchestral work by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, with Handler narrating as Snicket, and a recording of the performance is to be included with every copy of the expanded book. In 2013, Snicket wrote the introduction to the 1989-1990 edition of Famtagraphic Books's The Complete Peanuts series.

Handler's face is never shown in the A Series of Unfortunate Events books, although in The End, it appears in an illustration, with his eyes obscured by cucumber slices. Kids Books Authors: Lemony Snicket Back to Biographies Lemony Snicket is both a kids book author and a character. As an author, the name is a pen name for the actual author Daniel Handler. This just means that Daniel Handler writes the books and puts the name Lemony Snicket on the cover as the author. As a character, Lemony Snicket appears in the kids book series A Series of Unfortunate Events. Who is Lemony Snicket the character? Lemony Snicket is the narrator and writer of the A Series of Unfortunate Events kid's book series. He has tasked himself with telling the story of the Baudelaire children. He is a very mysterious character who has some connection with the children and the plot, but we're never quite sure just what it is. The reader continues to discover more and more about Lemony as the series progresses. Who is Lemony Snicket the author? Lemony Snicket is also the pen name for the actual author of the books. His real name is Daniel Handler.

Daniel was born on February 28, 1970 in San Francisco, California. He grew up in San Francisco and went to college in Connecticut at Wesleyan University. Now Daniel lives in San Francisco, is married, and has a son. He's had some books published under his real name like The Basic Eight and Watch Your Mouth. However, his real fame is from the books he has published under his pen name Lemony Snicket. Daniel Handler often appears in public as Mr. Snicket's handler or representative. About A Series of Unfortunate Events There are thirteen books in the kids book series titled A Series of Unfortunate Events. They tell the tale of three orphans; Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. Their parents die in a horrible house fire in the first book. They have an evil relative named Count Olaf who wants to take over the family's fortune. Count Olaf makes the lives of the Baudelaire children worse and worse as the books progress. The children continue to get moved around from relative to relative, but Count Olaf continues to find them and terrorize them. Note: This series is loved by millions of children around the world, but it can be a bit scary.

Parents might want to take this into account before letting young kids read it or at least supervise them. List of Lemony Snicket books The Bad Beginning (1999) Fun Facts about Lemony Snicket He has written his own autobiography entitled Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Biography. He grew up in Snicket Villa which was later used for other purposes such as a factory and a pharmacy. Lemony is a private person and doesn't appear in public very often. His face is only shown in the last book and even then his eyes are covered up. Daniel Handler is an accomplished accordion player. Order of Lemony Snicket Books - OrderOfBooks.com Home | Characters | Authors Order of Lemony Snicket Books Lemony Snicket is the pen name of American author Daniel Handler. Lemony Snicket is also a character who acts as a narrator in the novels he appears in. He is best known for the A Series of Unfortunate Events children’s series. Daniel Handler’s first novel was The Basic Eight in 1999. The Lemony Snicket pseudonym would make its debut with The Bad Beginning (the first book in A Series of Unfortunate Events) that same year.

Below is a list of Lemony Snicket’s books in order of when they were originally released (and in chronological order): Publication Order of A Series Of Unfortunate Events Books The Bad Beginning

Question: What is the pen name of American author Daniel Handler who wrote the children's book 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'?
Answer: Lemony Snicket